Tribunal says surveillance by UK spies was unlawful

February 7, 2015 1:25 AM

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LONDON: British spies acted illegally when they scooped up data about Britons’ electronic communications gathered by the US National Security Agency (NSA), a court ruled on Friday in a landmark judgment against Britain’s security services.

However, the judges said now that details of the practices are known, they are within the law.